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Children in Gaza survive on ‘less than a meal a day’: Aid groups

Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip [Mahmoud Issa/Reuters]

Israel’s total siege and bombardment of the Gaza Strip have left Palestinian children surviving on less than one meal a day, according to an urgent warning by the leaders of 12 major aid groups in the enclave.

The humanitarian aid system in Gaza “is facing total collapse” due to 18 months of Israel’s military operation and the recent imposition of a full blockade last month, the joint statement said on Thursday.

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